One thing that has been very very interesting is noting how fit and well in shape everyone over here is. Especially the young portion of the population (under 40) but really the entire population as well. This given the less than ideal traditional russian diet of heavy soups and meats. Everyone is in great shape and likes to show this off with their favored tight(er) fashion european clothes - - - how this is you might say??
I've come to conclude that this is generally resulting from the fact that people here actually MOVE around, walk across town, walk to the park, to the subway, to the grocery store. You wind up walking about 3-5 miles every day just in the course of going about your business. Of course many people have cars but they just don't use them all the time (perhaps the heavy traffic on the moscow streets, were not designed to handle so many cars - helps discourage non-essential driving). I have yet to see an obese person in 15 days. Here back in the US with all of our health conscious dieting, food, restaurants, organic this and lowfat that we still have some of the highest obesity levels in the world, and yet the secret to staying slim really lies with physical activity - the proof is here in Moscow !!!
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